RICHMOND, Va. — When the dust settled at Richmond, 'Ol Happy Harvick was the only driver smiling.
Kevin Harvick plowed through traffic on the final restart, driving from seventh to victory lane in a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.
It was Harvick's first Sprint Cup win of the season — he opened the year with a win in the exhibition Sprint Unlimited at Daytona — and his 20th career victory. It put Chevrolet and Richard Childress Racing in victory lane, snapping a two-race winning streak by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond, Va.
Lap length: .75 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 406 laps, 111.2 rating, 47 points, $237,311.
2. (5) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 406, 127.1, 43, $196,668.
3. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, 406, 97, 41, $161,618.
4. (6) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 406, 118.9, 41, $147,474.
5. (16) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 406, 93.1, 40, $118,435.
6. (28) Carl Edwards, Ford, 406, 96.3, 38, $141,735.
7. (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 406, 132.4, 39, $149,976.
8. (34) Aric Almirola, Ford, 406, 73.3, 36, $126,746.
9. (14) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 406, 112.6, 36, $114,630.
10. (19) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 406, 81.7, 34, $101,585.
11. (3) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 406, 80.9, 33, $129,671.
12. (26) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 406, 99.7, 32, $130,521.
13. (29) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 406, 72.8, 31, $115,501.
14. (24) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 406, 73, 30, $109,143.
15. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 406, 75.9, 29, $117,368.
16. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 406, 66, 28, $128,046.
17. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 406, 94.3, 27, $112,860.
18. (21) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 406, 74.5, 26, $123,835.
19. (32) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 406, 64.7, 25, $104,543.
20. (20) David Ragan, Ford, 406, 60.1, 24, $103,518.
21. (4) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 406, 78.5, 23, $94,585.
22. (22) David Reutimann, Toyota, 406, 54.2, 22, $91,368.
23. (18) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 406, 58.6, 21, $88,957.
24. (8) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 406, 98.9, 21, $121,468.
25. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 406, 52.7, 19, $79,560.
26. (13) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 406, 79.3, 18, $105,130.
27. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 405, 49.1, 17, $78,635.
28. (27) Josh Wise, Ford, 404, 44.7, 0, $78,010.
29. (30) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 402, 42.6, 15, $75,385.
30. (40) Casey Mears, Ford, 402, 42.4, 14, $84,710.
31. (25) David Stremme, Toyota, 402, 40.5, 13, $75,085.
32. (39) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 401, 40.6, 12, $74,935.
33. (23) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 398, 73.3, 11, $128,251.
34. (42) Timmy Hill, Ford, 397, 29.9, 10, $74,685.
35. (2) Brian Vickers, Toyota, accident, 392, 67.6, 0, $94,285.
36. (33) Greg Biffle, Ford, 391, 49.7, 8, $92,305.
37. (36) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 368, 29.9, 7, $82,170.
38. (10) Mark Martin, Toyota, 349, 86, 6, $77,200.
39. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, vibration, 245, 32.2, 0, $65,200.
40. (43) Brian Keselowski, Toyota, brakes, 186, 26.8, 4, $61,200.
41. (35) Michael McDowell, Ford, brakes, 121, 33.6, 3, $57,200.
42. (11) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, engine, 109, 63.8, 2, $80,414.
43. (38) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 17, 25.5, 0, $49,700.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 92.141 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 18 minutes, 17 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.343 seconds.
Caution Flags: 11 for 75 laps.
Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: M.Kenseth 1-36; C.Bowyer 37-42; M.Kenseth 43-111; C.Bowyer 112-218; M.Kenseth 219-253; Ky.Busch 254-293; Ku.Busch 294-329; J.Montoya 330-396; K.Harvick 397; J.Burton 398-404; K.Harvick 405-406.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): M.Kenseth, 3 times for 140 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times for 113 laps; J.Montoya, 1 time for 67 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 40 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 36 laps; J.Burton, 1 time for 7 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 3 laps.
Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 343; 2. C.Edwards, 300; 3. K.Kahne, 297; 4. D.Earnhardt Jr., 297; 5. C.Bowyer, 290; 6. Bra.Keselowski, 284; 7. Ky.Busch, 278; 8. G.Biffle, 272; 9. K.Harvick, 271; 10. P.Menard, 271; 11. A.Almirola, 258; 12. J.McMurray, 245.
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